Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility Department confirms an intentional illegal dumping of toxic waste (including trichlorobenzene and PCBs) into the sewer system that impacted the Mallard Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant on U.S. 29 North.

Preliminary tests indicate that a second illegal dumping of hazardous materials containing PCBs may have occurred into Charlotte’s sewer system, this time into pipes that feed into Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant off Tyvola Road.

This week’s snowstorm had minimal impacts on the ongoing cleanup, assessment and recovery efforts under way following the discovery of illegal chemical dumping into the Mallard Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.